Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

spring. StocKmen ati ONet SnO s
trv are commencing 10 recognize the
fact that feeding pays, and in conse-
ouence more hay is being put up TINS
year than ever before Keep your !
beeves in good condition and be pre-
pared to meet the spring demand II
YOU would realize handsome profit
on your stock
Cassia County Times-A prisoner,
ON the charge of horse stealing, is now
confined in the county Jail at a cost
to the public of three dollars and sew
enty-fve cents per day. Next
spring when the county treasury Is
exhausted people viii look around
and wonder what has become or the
money. Including the cost of keep
ing and the trial of this one case win
amount to about fifteen hundred dol
lars, about half as much as the sal
aries of all the officers in the county
This is the boosted economy of the
new law.
Keystone-On Wednesday night,
shortly after nine o'clock two miners
named johnson and Cratsenburg were
held up by two foot pads in the vim
cinity of the Central Lodging house
where they were stopping. johnson,
who is young Mormon, just out in
the world on his own hook, was reliey-
ed of fifty dollars in money and his
watch, and after being held up was
so badly scared that he made break
for the hills, crossed the river three
times and finally brought up at the
smelter, wet and shivering with cold
and half scared to death. His COM
panion contributed the sum of fiye
dollars and quarter to the robbers
and then came to town and reported
: the occurrence. The miners say that
: the men who robbed them were both
), short in statue and had their faces
] concealed by mask of white cloth.
i Both were armed and used their re-
yolyers as q cheerful persuader to
t enforce the demand made of "hold up
II your hands" No trace of the thieves
l. has yet been discovered.
News-Miner-The yield of grain on
: Camas Prairie this year has been
n remarkably large, and has exceeded
o. expectations. The threshers are get
ting well along with their work, ano
some of farmers are able to know
500 results.
+. Isaac S. Waring, who owns l7O
acre ranch about mile and q hal
= from Crichton, has threshed 7,O9'
= bushels of grain. From five acres o
oats he obtained 5000 pound. Fror
forty acres of sod land he got 1877
" bushels of barley. This ground wa
. sowed between the goth and Both c
" last May. All of this grain was raise
" without irrigation.
:, Mr.. McCann, who owns ranc
~ north of Soldier, whose crop consis
of barley, wheat and oats, obtaint
me upon an average, sixty-fve bushels
'eu grain to the acre.
co. There are many other farmers WI
zen have enjoyed the same need OF pre-
IN perity in proportion to labor and e
1or pense occurred. 1t has been a year
general prosperity, and all are feelil
OF jubilant.
her Melons, squashes, pumpkins, cucu
of bers, ETC., grow luxuriantly, as well
the other varieties of produce which
1t almost indispensable adiuncts of 81
is cessful agriculture.
VINO Inter-Idaho-Th of the b
neir citizens of HALEY, each of them
oWs neers, each have made comforta
ERE homes, yet each had to endure
nore hardships incident to being the f
rage settlers of HALEY. They left pleas
: homes in other lands. They, like
who Pilgrim Fathers or the Roundheads
days jamestown, thought they would
tary their fortunes on virgin soil; like tt
the they would endure all for the 8
con- of their children. Toll mother,
best father; will get it all in the sweet
nors. and by. What care l. You may SC
far but / must have my fun; | must
with stop the flow of young hotblood
iaho. my veins Pa and ma have watc
oned this vine; they have watered it,
from have dug about it; they have, won
4ror, ed If watermelons or the lusc
haon varieties Of muskmelon will ma
. IN In this climate. Let us see, boys
va.ra know where watermelon is; k
of cantaloup we will take. Her
> i' is. On we go; it is of no value. On
hcP green Here ia a lot of DumD]